Post by Atlatl AxolotlI just now ran across this one. Eerily apropos.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each asked toestablish the volume of a red rubber ball.The physicist immersed the ball in a beaker full of water and measuredthe volume of the displaced fluid.The mathematician measured the diameter and calculated a triple integral.The engineer looked it up in his Red Rubber Ball Volume Table.AtlAxo

Incidentally, that was from this. Some are clever, some are just silly,and I confess I didn't get the Chomsky one.

Post by Atlatl AxolotlI just now ran across this one. Eerily apropos.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each asked toestablish the volume of a red rubber ball.The physicist immersed the ball in a beaker full of water and measuredthe volume of the displaced fluid.The mathematician measured the diameter and calculated a triple integral.The engineer looked it up in his Red Rubber Ball Volume Table.AtlAxo

Incidentally, that was from this. Some are clever, some are just silly,and I confess I didn't get the Chomsky one.https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/10/50-people-on-the-most-intellectual-joke-i-know/

Post by Atlatl AxolotlI just now ran across this one. Eerily apropos.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each asked toestablish the volume of a red rubber ball.The physicist immersed the ball in a beaker full of water and measuredthe volume of the displaced fluid.The mathematician measured the diameter and calculated a triple integral.The engineer looked it up in his Red Rubber Ball Volume Table.AtlAxo

Incidentally, that was from this. Some are clever, some are just silly,and I confess I didn't get the Chomsky one.https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/10/50-people-on-the-most-intellectual-joke-i-know/

Chomsky's professional expertise is as a linguist.His political pronouncements are Dunning-Krueger in action.Kevin R

I have a number of friends who are linguists; I've put that joke up andasked for their interpretation.

One of them despises Chomsky, and in fact has done some workthat challenges one of Chomsky's main assumptions. I expect him tocome through the roof shortly.

Post by Atlatl AxolotlI just now ran across this one. Eerily apropos.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each asked toestablish the volume of a red rubber ball.The physicist immersed the ball in a beaker full of

water and measured

Post by Atlatl Axolotlthe volume of the displaced fluid.The mathematician measured the diameter and calculated a triple integral.The engineer looked it up in his Red Rubber Ball Volume Table.AtlAxo

Post by Atlatl AxolotlI just now ran across this one. Eerily apropos.A physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each asked toestablish the volume of a red rubber ball.The physicist immersed the ball in a beaker full of water and measuredthe volume of the displaced fluid.The mathematician measured the diameter and calculated a triple integral.The engineer looked it up in his Red Rubber Ball Volume Table.

Reminds me of the joke about a guy who has built a company from the ground up and turned it intoa substantial business. He decides to retire and wants to promote from within and has narrowed it down to 3 candidates.

He decides to make it absolutely fair by asking each candidate the same question.

His candidates are An engineer, an accountant, and a lawyer.

He first brings in the accountant and asks him how much is 2 plus 2?

The accountant says exactly 2 and exactly 2 is 4.

Next the engineer is asked the same question to which he replies approximately 2 and approximately 2 is approximately 4.

Finally the lawyer is asked the same question and he looks over his shoulder and back at the boss and says, "How much do you want it to be?"